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Military service
Service number:
135461
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment)
Birth:
March 11, 1888
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
October 1, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. C. 22.
Additional information
Son of David and Magdalene Cumming, of "Mimosa," Bridge-of-Weir, Renfrewshire.
Digital gallery of Private David Cumming
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Bridge of Weir Memorial
Bridge of Weir Memorial – Courtesy of Bridge of Weir Memorial Society. Bridge of Weir, Scotland. -
Biography
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Biography
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Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of DAVID CUMMING
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Circumstances of death registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Crossley to Cyrs. Microform Sequence 25; Volume Number 31829_B016734. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 169. Page 339 of 890. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star Weekly c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 73 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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